Cricket Without Borders Ken Jacobs

This is a wonderful chat with a woman who is changing the landscape for girls and women’s clothing in the sport of cricket. An American by birth who has lived in London for the past twenty years Leigh actually saw her first game of cricket in Australia but years later when her daughter started playing the game in London, Leigh could see that the players uniforms were totally tailored for boys. She set about changing the landscape for young girls and women for both their onfield clothing ...

Marcella has done it all from a young woman playing the game at club level, representing her State, an administrator for the Victorian Women’s Cricket Association, working for Cricket Victoria and now the Co-ordinator of Women’s Cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Club as well as being the team Manager for Cricket Without Borders on a number of tours. This is a most enjoyable discussion with someone who has given everything to the sport and continues to do so with a great passion for the ga...

Tanya Gallina is the General Manager, Commercial Operations and Partnerships and has enjoyed a wonderful career in professional sport at the Hawthorn and Carlton AFL Clubs, Melbourne Victory and is now a member of the senior management team at the MCC. We discuss the evolution of the MCG from a pure sporting venue to an entertainment venue, the amazing ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup Final along with the documentary that was produced about the Final. There are many critical ...

Olivia is the CEO of Cricket ACT ( Canberra) and has had an extensive career in high performance sport at the Australian Institute of Sport and then at Cricket Australia. We discuss Olivia’s love of cricket from a you ng age which has stayed with her and her desire to continue to grow the game in the ACT and provide a welcoming environment for all who wish to be involved in the sport in whatever capacity they choose and irrespective of their background .We also discuss some of the unique part...

Jenny also featured in Episode 4 of our Podcast – this Episode is a special one for CWOB as Jenny travels to Fiji with the support of CWOB – we have a special relationship with Fiji having undertaken two tours there and had an opportunity to meet and play against their women’s teams and have developed a strong relationship with Cricket Fiji. On this tour Jenny meets many of their players and undertakes a number of school visits.

Cath has had a lifelong involvement in the game of cricket and has a strong connection with the Pioneers Victorian Women’s Cricket Association which we talk about as well as the 150 th Anniversary of the first game of women’s cricket in Australia which is to be held on the 29th March in Bendigo which is where the first game was played in 1874.Cath provides some good background around the first match and the “Pioneers”! Links:Cricket Without Borders website